Quickly drying umbrella

ABSTRACT

An exemplary umbrella includes a handle to receive a motor, a fan, and a battery. The motor drives the fan to rotate when powered by the battery. The umbrella further includes a hollow support bar coupled to a top of the handle, and the support bar defines a number of receiving holes. A switch can be received in the support bar to actuate the motor when pressed. Each of a number of hollow umbrella ribs includes one end inserted into a corresponding receiving hole. Each umbrella rib can communicate with the support bar, and defines a number of through holes. A canopy is coupled to lower portions of the support ribs. When the fan rotates as driven by the motor, air from the support bar flows to the support ribs, and to the canopy via the through holes.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to umbrellas and, more particularly, toan umbrella that can dry quickly.

BACKGROUND

Umbrellas are commonly used to shelter persons from the rain. When aumbrella with water droplets is taken into a room, the water dropletswill start falling off the canopy of the umbrella onto the floor or gettransferred to the surface that the umbrella is sitting on.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood withreference to the following drawings. The elements in the drawings arenot necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed uponclearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover,in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding partsthroughout the views, and all the views are schematic. The descriptionis not to be considered as limiting the embodiments described herein.

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an umbrella, in accordance with anexemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded isometric view of the umbrella of FIG. 1 in whicha canopy is omitted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1-2 illustrate an exemplary embodiment of an umbrella 100. Theumbrella 100 includes an umbrella handle 10, a support bar 11, anumbrella head 12, a switch 15, a plurality of umbrella ribs 30, and acanopy 20.

The umbrella handle 10 can be a hollow cylinder, and can include abottom cap 60 at one end. A motor 16, a fan 17, and a battery 50 can bereceived in the umbrella handle 10. When powered by the battery 50, themotor 16 can drive the fan 17 to rotate. A jack 40 can be arranged inthe side surface of the umbrella handle 10, and the battery 50 can becharged via the jack 40 that can be coupled to an external power source.In the illustrated embodiment, motor 16, the fan 17, and the battery 50can be secured to the bottom cap 60.

The connecting cables 18 can be coupled with the switch 15 and the motor16. The support bar 11 can be coupled to the top of the umbrella handle10. In the illustrated embodiment, the support bar 11 can be integrallyformed with the umbrella handle 10. The support bar 11 can be hollow andhave a diameter less than a diameter of the umbrella handle 10. Theswitch 15 and the connecting cables 18 can be received in the supportbar 11. The support bar 11 can define an opening 13 in a lateralsurface. The switch 15 can include a button 25 received in the opening13. When pressed down, the button 25 can actuate the switch 15 toactuate the motor 16.

The support bar 11 can further define a number of receiving holes 14near the top. One end of each of the support ribs 30 can be insertedinto a corresponding one of the receiving holes 14. Each support rib 30can be hollow and communicate with the support bar 11. The canopy 20 canbe coupled to lower portions of the support ribs 30, and give a personshelter from the sun, rain, or snow. A number of through holes 31 can bedefined along a lengthwise direction of each support rib 30. In theillustrated embodiment, the through holes 31 are defined at oppositesides of each support rib 30 along a lengthwise direction.

The umbrella head 12 can be rotatably coupled to the top of the supportbar 11. A fixing rod 19 can protrude from the umbrella head 12, and canbe received in the support bar 11. The switch 13 can be coupled to thefixing rod 19.

With the above configuration, when the fan 17 is driven by the motor 16to rotate, continuous air from the support bar 11 flows to the supportribs 30, and to the canopy 20 via the through holes 31, thereby quicklydrying the canopy 20.

Although the present disclosure has been specifically described on thebasis of the exemplary embodiments thereof, the disclosure is not to beconstrued as being limited thereto. Various changes or modifications maybe made to the embodiments without departing from the scope and spiritof the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. An umbrella comprising: a handle configured toreceive a motor, a fan, and a battery, the motor driving the fan torotate when powered by the battery; a hollow support bar coupled to atop of the handle, and defining a plurality of receiving holes; a switchreceived in the support bar to actuate the motor when pressed; aplurality of hollow umbrella ribs, each of the plurality of umbrellaribs comprising one end inserted into a corresponding one of theplurality of receiving holes, each of the plurality of umbrella ribscapable of communicating with the support bar and defining a pluralityof through holes along a lengthwise direction thereof; a canopy coupledto lower portions of the support ribs; wherein when the fan is driven bythe motor to rotate, air flows through the support bar to the pluralityof support ribs, and to the canopy via the plurality of through holes.2. The umbrella as described in claim 1, wherein the umbrella handlecomprises a bottom cap at one end thereof, and the motor, the fan, andthe battery are secured to the bottom cap.
 3. The umbrella as describedin claim 1, wherein a jack is arranged in a side surface of the handle,and the battery is charged via the jack.
 4. The umbrella as described inclaim 1, wherein the support bar is integrally formed with the handle.5. The umbrella as described in claim 1, wherein the support bar has adiameter less than a diameter of the handle.
 6. The umbrella asdescribed in claim 1, wherein the support bar defines an opening in alateral surface, and the switch comprises a button received in theopening.
 7. The umbrella as described in claim 1, wherein the pluralityof through holes are defined at opposite sides of each of the pluralityof support ribs along a lengthwise direction.
 8. The umbrella asdescribed in claim 1, further comprising a fixing rod protruding fromthe umbrella head, and received in the support bar, and the switch iscoupled to the fixing rod.